ependydad...Doug

This. Just charge extra and don't list it especially if it's mandatory.

We just ate there again last week. As expected - it was awesome. The shrimp cocktail left a bit to be desired, but the service and remainder of the meal were very good.

I drove the partial hookup loop the other day and there were definitely hybrids on it.

Confirmed!

Not a whole lot happened between my last update and now except wife and I got out for a date night last night while Grandma and Grandpa watched the kids. First, we started with dinner at Narcoossee's. We got a window table and were able to watch Wishes. Even better, no one stood in front of us on the balcony. From there, we headed to Beaches and Cream for dessert. Afterwards, we did a little shopping at the Contemporary. And then ended at the Polynesian beach to watch the special DVC fireworks. It was a wonderful night with the love of my life. :) My phone stayed put away all night, so the

Sadly, you're 1,000% right. BUT- there's a family reunion that is being hosted in FL at the end of July. You do what you gotta do! The funny part is that I plan on wintering down here somewhere again- I'm thinking of Ft. Meyers or further south. Depending on what my wife thinks. We probably ought to start getting on that.

So far, I think I'm going to bounce around the Thousand Trails system - Gettysburg Farm (4/19-5/3), Circle M (5/3-5/17), Gettysburg Farm (5/17-5/31), Sea Pines (5/31-6/21), and then down into Maryland at Ramblin' Pines (6/21-7/5). I'm not sure where we'll head from there. I do know that for the last weekend the end of July, I need to be in Melbourne, FL.

This is a Fort thing. We don't harvest laundry like this in other campgrounds.

I'm not sure. That part hasn't been announced yet. That's cool. I'll take a look at when and where it is. It's in Covington. Thanks. She's getting better. Being able to talk takes away a ton of frustration for her. Still in pain, which stinks. Ha! Yeah, we are talking about that now. I need to bounce around a bit- being in PA/MD for May & June and then in FL for the end of July and then maybe back to PA for September (OR- we'll get totally nuts and head to New Mexico for October which is what our original plan was). So, depending on the "choose your ad

The hand-dryer mounted about 7' off of the ground? Yep, that was there. My son was very confused but then used it to start launching a balled up paper towel for a while..

We made it over to the Grand Floridian ahead of schedule. Thinking that I'd give the Moms a break, I offered to take the gaggle of kids for a quick loop on the monorail. I'm still not sure what I was thinking as it was like herding cats. We all made it, and that's what is important. They're really a great group of kids: And the laughter literally never stopped: We made it back and headed in. I tried taking a nice picture of our friend and I, but like I said- the laughter never stopped... Try #2 worked out, though: We came to learn that instead o

That River Country bathroom was a unique experience. I did like that they still had the "showers" sign up, but that all appears to be walled off.

No wifi in the 800 loop as of today. There's a very distant "Disney Guest Public Wifi" network that my WifiRanger sees (but my devices don't), but I haven't tried to use it. Pack your router.

Yeah, in Magic Kingdom in the theatre. You can ask the CM outside if Mickey is talking today or not. It's actually pretty cool. And the kids love it.

Are you asking if Mickey talks at all? Or talks with some background info? We've seen the talking Mickey a few times. But generally the discussion is spontaneous based on the interaction- not with any prior probing for background info.

Going to check out River Country for the first time. We all "ohh'd and ahh'd" at what we could see through the fence. A shower is just spitting water out: The pool: My mother-in-law risking her phone to the wrong side of the fence: And finally, the BBQ Pavilion: And then we were chased out by the fuzz.

I won't even try it. Literally the last simulator I got on was some "Body" one at Epcot back in 2001 on our honeymoon. My wife were still young and dumb and not very confident of ourselves. We didn't know what we were getting into and didn't have the nerve to nope it out of there. Instead, we stayed and suffered and hated every moment of it.

Simulators. I can't do the enclosed booth and massive screen. Once I start to get ill, I close my eyes and not being able to see makes me sick. I open my eyes and seeing the screen movement makes me sick. It's a lose/lose situation.

I left off at an awkward break point as I hit my photo limit. I only have a couple of more to finish up our Magic Kingdom day. My friend said that her absolute favorite ride at Disney is It's a Small World. The line wasn't very long and is even shorter with a wheel chair. So, we headed for that. No pictures of the ride, but a couple cute "waiting in line" pictures of the kids... My daughter and their littlest (T4): The two boys: The last ride that I have pictures of is: I do believe that the kids made a beeline back for Space Mountain for one last ride, bu

It was a good time. We actually had so much fun with this family that we're going to spend Easter with them and then try to catch up at their family's farm in Indiana in August sometime. Pretty amazing how you can still make a community and friends while being nomadic.

This is awesome. I don't have a place for it, but great work on it!

I don't think I knew there was anything but the gangster one.

Yep. We were waiting on our boat to get back to the Fort after my son's haircut. And now I'm out of pictures. It's a park day today, I'll see what I can take.

I showed this on my TR, but didn't specifically say where it was from (I think). My son found it and I took the photo.

Yup!